Dr. Robert Ko Kam-Ming is currently a
Professor in the Division of Life Science at the Hong Kong
University of Science & Technology. After graduating from the
Chinese University of Hong Kong, he went on to Canada and obtained
his Ph.D. in pharmacology at the University of British Columbia in
1990.

Since then Dr. Ko returned to Hong Kong to pursue his research
work on Chinese herbal medicine. Dr. Ko researches on antioxidant
and immunomodulatory properties in Chinese tonifying herbs in
establishing their scientific basis in terms of modern medicine,
and has so far edited one book and published more than 100
scientific papers and book chapters on related topics.

Dr. Ko is also a pioneer in developing proprietary Chinese
herb-based health products in Hong Kong and served in the Chinese
Medicines Board of the Chinese Medicine Council of Hong Kong from
1999-2005.